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[Atrix 4G General] jthornton71707:
Ok for me I got an email saying " activation requires more information" and there was an error. So I finally called up at&t and told the Rep what was going on. He was attimant that there was no way he could put me on unlimited at all and if I was waiting for an activation email ( I told him I was still waiting that's why I called) then I just needed to wait because it was apple taking so long not them. I got kinda man and started talking about verizion and how their data is unlimited and I'd like to switch because I'm tired of constantly checking my data. He put me on hold and said he was going to talk to his manager. When he came back he said there apparently is some sort of loophole that their closing at the end of the month and if I.could give him the iemi of my 2g he could go ahead and do it. So I did and I was all set and ready to go. That's my story. It didn't work for me but I just called them and told them I wanted to switch to verizion. I put the sim back in my atrix and now I'm ready to go. I'm still on the original $20 unlimited iPhone 2g plan + 200 messages and I'm getting 2.5-4mbps down so it works great. Thanks for this
[Atrix 4G General] ChaosDimension:
Hey guys, first time poster.

Just wanted to say I was able to do this trick and with some time wasted, successfully have unlimited data :D.

Although the weirdest thing, the rep put me on something called AFPDA Personal compared to Smartphone personal. Does anybody know the difference? I can select both under my account, but the rep put it as that.

Let me know if you guys know any difference. Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] repellab:
So last Thursday I connect my iPhone 2g and activated it and I received the activation confirmation within 15 minutes if that. I also went online and checked to confirm that I have the 2g unlimited plan.

Now, my question is, what do I do next. I'm going to an AT&T store on Tuesday to sign another 2 year contract and purchase an iPhone 4s. What do I say to them to make sure that they switch my plan over?

Thanks in advance!
[Atrix 4G General] repellab:
Another question: I broke my iPhone 2g trying to fix it shortly after activating it. If I put my sim card back into my dumbphone until Tuesday, will I lose the unlimited data plan?
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
All I told them was that I didn't want to lose my unlimited data plan, and the rep grandfathered me over with no problems. If problems arise for you, just tell them it's that or you'll be switching over to another carrier. I doubt they'll refuse you any service. You're signing your soul away for another 2 years :P
[Atrix 4G General] Spartoi:
Is anyone renting out there iPhones? I will cover shipping costs.
[Atrix 4G General] MWilkenson:
So I did this. It worked. But says I have only 200 texts now. Will my other feature of unlimited text with mobile to any mobile calling overide this?

Galaxy S2 -UnNamed-
[Atrix 4G General] zoso28:
I tried this today with my original sim AND THEN a new sim in a reset iphone 2g on two different computers, and it wouldn't work for me. When I plug it into itunes i just get a blank screen that says iphone in the center, but the activation screen never appears. If i plug the phone in without a sim, it says "insert sim to start activation process", so I can't figure out why it wont work for me once my sim is in. I've tried so many times I've lost count. I'm on itunes 10.5.0.142, using a new sim card on a line I recently added to my fam-plan, but with txt & data pay-per-use only.

Any ideas?
[Atrix 4G General] mandrsn1:
this happened to me too. i just tried probably a dozen times over the course of a week and it finally worked.
[Atrix 4G General] zoso28:
How long ago did you do it?

I think the problem must be with the iphone. It says emergency calls only, connect to itunes, so i assumed it's been restored, but what else could be stopping the activation screen from coming up other than that?
[Atrix 4G General] mandrsn1:
about a month ago. i restored the phone 4-5 times, tried 2 computers, and finally it worked. i just repeated trying a couple times a day and finally one time it worked like it should.
[Atrix 4G General] zoso28:
Plugged it in again today and IT WORKED!!!
[Atrix 4G General] ifalldownalot:
yeah sometimes it just take a few tries to get iTunes to recognize the phone and activate it.

just keep going. don't give up. it'll pop up soon enough.
[Atrix 4G General] ronfable:
I now has unlimited service

Yeah I was having a hard time getting to the activation screen so I called customer service and said that I need to switch to my 2g. She switched everything and added the 2gb plan. after that she made a test call to make sure it was working then asked me to check that the internet was working (of course it was working) but i said that nothing was happening. She put me on hold for a little bit came back said that she had her manager adding the original Iphone plan, got it added NOW I HAVE UNLIMITED DATA!! Pretty easy this way. LOL Itunes must hate me.
[Atrix 4G General] Spartoi:
Ok I followed the directions in the OP but I called AT&T instead of going to their store. When I called and asked for the change my representative had to talk to his supervisor to change my plan but it after a 15min call (most of that being put on Hold) I now have Unlimited LTE Data so thanks.

I borrowed XDA member loktite iPhone 2G to do it so I would recommend him if you need/want to rent an iPhone 2G for to get unlimited data.
[Atrix 4G General] akaneo:
I'm looking to do this soon. How much was it to borrow loktite's iphone 2g? Hoping this still works by the time I get around to it. Thanks for everyone's input!
[Atrix 4G General] josephfranco926:
oh man! this is awesome! i want to try it out really bad!
[Atrix 4G General] saywhat4118:
Hey yall if y'all are not getting it to work or don't have the iPhone 2G. I went on eBay. Guy name Nam_vu did it for me. I paid him 35 on eBay. Not trying to advertise or anything but it worked for me. I got the unlimited now.
[Atrix 4G General] MWilkenson:
I second the Nam_vu...great guy for sure.

Galaxy S2 -UnNamed-
[Atrix 4G General] y2jdmbfan:
You guys didn't have any second thoughts about giving up the last 4 digits of your social security number?
[Atrix 4G General] ifalldownalot:
i did. that's why i did it on my own.

a little more frustrating, yes. But much, much safer than giving out my account info to a complete stranger.
[Atrix 4G General] dynamiclynk:
All good now I called up AT&T CSR. I informed her I received a text message stating I needed to switch to the smartphone unlimited plan.

I gave her IMEI of smartphone and viola all set. SmartPhone Personal $30 (unlimited data)

I have 2 more phones to do this for so she noted my account for that as well.
[Atrix 4G General] y2jdmbfan:
Does anyone know if I am locked into a 2-year contract on the new line if I activate the 2g iphone on a new line through iTunes? Am I better off just calling them up and activating an old flip phone, and then put the sim in the iPhone 2g?
[Atrix 4G General] newter55:
You only get locked into a contract if you buy a subsidized phone.
[Atrix 4G General] y2jdmbfan:
When I tried to activate and add a new line with iTunes it referenced a 2 year agreement on the submit screen. That is why I was concerned.
[Atrix 4G General] twincitiesjhawk:
Just did this trick a few hours ago (have an iphone 4s) and online my features went from:

2GB data + unlimited text for $20 a month

to

iPhone Data Plan unlimited + 200 Text for $20 a month.

I tried to add Unlimited Messaging for $20 more a month but I keep getting an error saying the 2 plans conflict with each other. Thats the only option for unlimited text messaging. Any ideas how I can add unlimited text messaging or at least more than 200?
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
Contact AT&T
[Atrix 4G General] twincitiesjhawk:
Just ask em for more/better options? Thanks for the help.
[Atrix 4G General] Alaq:
Iphone 2g is outdated now, but do they still have the plan or is it only for the 4 and 4s now?
[Atrix 4G General] mzaur:
Does this work for new accounts? I just signed up for AT&T, haven't activated my sim yet
[Atrix 4G General] runtohell121:
I just activated my old iPhone 2g with the SIM card from my SGSII.. On my AT&T account, it still shows 2gb personal 4g.. is that normal?

edit: and my iPhone 2g is stuck at "emergency" even though it went through activation process.. I can't access my home screen or anything but able to receive calls..

edit 2: Now the feature changed:	iPhone Data Plan + Unlimited Text $40.00	Unlimited	Unlimited	Current..

Can I plug the sim back into my SGSII or should I wait a few hours? I can't access my iPhone 2g although it's activated.
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
You can access the iPhone 2g if you unlock it. I had to do the same thing
[Atrix 4G General] runtohell121:
How can I change it?
[Atrix 4G General] runtohell121:
called AT&T and that rep didn't even bother asking about other data plans, just asked me if I wanted to keep unlimited :D
[Atrix 4G General] GalaxyMaster:
I logged into my online window and went into manage features, to the rightis a tab for feature tech support. I opened a tech support chat and told them i got a text saying i had to change to a 4g data plan. they asked me for my new imei and I told them i wanted the smartphone personal unlimited data plan for $30.took 5 minutes and I logged in after to confirm the changes. all is good and I am unlimited. just did this 10 minutes ago.
[Atrix 4G General] y2jdmbfan:
I've run into trouble trying to do this the same day you activate a new line. You should wait a few days. They were giving me a real hard time in the chat, and then someone removed the iPhone plan from the account. I'm now trying to reactivate the iPhone 2G on my account and am running into issues. Looking for another old SIM lying around the house...
[Atrix 4G General] runtohell121:
I activated my iPhone 2G at night around 10 pm PST and then swapped the sim back into my SGSII around 12am... then I went to sleep, woke up, called AT&T at 8am PST and the rep didn't question about the unlimited data, just ask me if I wanted to keep it or not for the smartphone 4g
[Atrix 4G General] jaquez4:
Still works. I did the iphone activation lastnight and called this morning and I was grandfathered over with no questions!
[Atrix 4G General] y2jdmbfan:
Guys,

This still isn't working for me. They keep telling me because I activated the line a few days ago, they won't grandfather the unlimited over to the LTE smartphone unlimited personal. Aggravating to say the least. Any AT&T reps out there that can help?

Thanks,

Y2J
[Atrix 4G General] handyguy:
my iphone won't activate in itunes, i was almost finishing activation when it said "We could not complete your iTunes store request. The network connection timed out." and then i didn't know what to do. Now every time i plug it in it has this error although i can still look at the itunes store, it only happens on the iphone tab. Can anyone help me with this?
[Atrix 4G General] ifalldownalot:
there's been lots of things said about this. that it's normal and to be patient.

scan through this thread and the other unlimited thread for more info.
[Atrix 4G General] jaquez4:
Mine did the same thing twice. Then on one attempt I minimzed the itunes window and the dialog box said itunes and iphone synced, but in itunes it said it timed out. Five or ten minutes later I got an email from att saying it worked and att has processed my iphone activation request. So my advice is to be patient and just follow the step provided to the "t."
[Atrix 4G General] KingKoopa06:
Big thanks for this post!! I have found out if you had a hard time with activation. Try just getting a new sim and do the whole process over. We had to do that for both lines on my account with success! :)
[Atrix 4G General] intestinal incubation:
First off, I actually read all of this thread. I picked up an iPhone 2G that looks like it was run over by a car for $20 and am going to try this. Been using my Atrix on Straight Talk with their "unlimited" data plan but am getting harassing phone calls and texts from them (I used less than 3gb lol, I'll download linux ISOs all day and see what they do :)). I don't have AT&T right now but will sign up tomorrow with a $10 flip phone from Walmart. My questions are:

I don't text much so can I still get the $35 200 text plan or the $40 1000 plan?

I get a 15% discount from work, do I apply that after I get the unlimited set up?

If I switch to a family plan, can I "clone" the unlimited data over?

Thanks!
[Atrix 4G General] jaquez4:
When I switched the data over, it only applied to my phone and I did lose the texts. Since I have five phones under my name and had family texting package I was still covered under that so losing the 200 texts meant nothing really. you might want to see under the minute plan details as it may include the number of allowed texts for those on the family plan.
[Atrix 4G General] newter55:
As long as the line you are swapping data plans via the iPhone does not have the family texting on it no issues will arise. If it is then you will have to call at&t and add the family texting plan back on after the switch.
[Atrix 4G General] Russellmania:
I just signed up for AT&T and got two Galaxy S2's w/ 2GB data plans.

I didn't read the whole 100+ page thread, so forgive me if this has been covered, but what is stopping the CSR from seeing that I just signed up less than a month ago and that I just activated the Iphone within days of calling to upgrade my data plan?

Also, if they do deny my request to grandfather the iphone data plan, what's the worst that can happen? I just pop the sim back in my GS2 and have to go back to the 2GB limited plan?

Thanks in advance.

Edit:

After skimming some of the thread, it looks like some people were able to convert from the iphone 2G unlimited plan to a 3G/4G unlimited plan just by popping their sim back in their Android phone and waiting. Is this a method that works? Ideally I'd love to do it this way and avoid talking to a CSR altogether. Thanks again.
[Atrix 4G General] newter55:
@Russel,

They don't care if you just signed up. Also, if you don't want to deal with csr, go to a corporate store and they will switch it for you no questions asked.
[Atrix 4G General] MWilkenson:
I did this a month after I opened a new account. No problems, no questions asked.
[Atrix 4G General] johnusesandroid:
This looks interesting...

I skimmed through a couple of pages and I'm assuming that the $20 or $30 you guys pay for unlimited data, that's not counting the voice plan right?

So let's say with the $40 voice plan ($40's the lowest one I think), plus the $30 from this loophole, it comes down to $70 a month, am I right so far?

Now here's my thing. I use my phones to call though. I only maybe spend about 10 mins per month on calls. I usually text, and would now want to add data. Because of this, I'm currently on a goPhone plan. I pay about $5 a month for the 200 texts and I'm set.

I was wondering, do you guys know of any other loopholes I could use that would net me unlimited data (or some high data limit), at least 200 texts, and only pay per use voice?

I really don't wanna drop an extra $40 for 1440 minutes a month if I'm only using 10 minutes :D

I don't mean to hijack this thread, although I think my question is relevant to the topic
[Atrix 4G General] newter55:
@john,

If you get a non at&t branded smartphone you can get unlimited data "medianet data plan" for 15/mo on top of your voice/messaging plan. It is 10/mo with unlimited messaging.
[Atrix 4G General] johnusesandroid:
i have an at&t phone though :(
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
I activated through i-tunes it synced and everything but the $20 plan option didn't pop up. Does it appear on the phone or on i-tunes. I got a new sim to try again but want to make sure im not missing something.
[Atrix 4G General] loktite:
The option appears in itunes.
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
Any reason it would not show up?
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
Can someone who has had success please help/pm me I tried twice but never go the unlimited on iTunes message phone says its on 3.1.3 is that ok. I'm in Boston area and will gladly give the phone to anyone Who helps gets this working once I get it set up for my atrix.
[Atrix 4G General] razorseal:
how about just doing this? sounds so much easier for the price of half of tank of gas

http://www.ebay.com/itm/AT-T-ATT-Un...s=63&clkid=4785135920487780870#ht_1907wt_1396
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
Too scared to give up my last four social to a stranger, and I paid 88 for the 2g of ebay. So when they say try with a new sim. I still have them activate it to my phone number in the store. Or does it have to be completely unlinked just the fresh card. Also I have an IMEI# from the iphone I'm confused can I call csr and have them add the 2g unlimited plan by giving them the imei or can I do this instore. If I can do I need to get another sim from the store first. So confused but really want unlimited. Please help.
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
When I try this with a new sim from att I plug into phone add try to do a restore in iTunes as soon as the sim goes in the phone says activated at that point it is to late to try and register in iTunes correct? Anyone have luck calling att with the imei and getting them to add 2g unlimited for you.
[Atrix 4G General] jaquez4:
It should show up on itunes. Your iphone should show the connect or sync screen (the pic with the usb/power cord).
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
Yeah I did as soon as sim goes in the phone says activated before I go to set up. Gonna try again tonight do you think I need new sim. And has anyone done this on 3.1.3 is it a must to flash back to 3.1.2 and use old iTunes say something saying yes and some saying no.
[Atrix 4G General] CZroe:
Intredasting.
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
Has anyone tried this recently
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
I did it last month. Things didn't work out with itunes, so I called and the csr got it activated on my account for me. So everything worked through at&T's side, but itunes was having problems with connection and getting it synced. So the last thing I did was unlocked the phone to get it recognized with itunes.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
So you just call and told them to add the 2g unlimited plan and gave them the imei number then changed to 4g unlimited later on?
[Atrix 4G General] congtin2005:
Just did it on Monday! Still great!
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
Just tell them you're trying to get your iphone 2g activated and that it won't work through itunes. And as for the 4g unlimited, I had them activate it like a couple days later.

You may have to call until you get a cooperating csr, because they have to go through the trouble to ask their supervisor for an access code.

Hope it works out for you, they're making so much money off of us for their ridiculous prices lol

And don't tether once you get your 4g unlimited, they've been cracking down on people for it, so they can have an excuse to switch you off the unlimited.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] rponticelli:
I don't ever tether just wanna be able to stream music. Do I have to specifically ask for the unlimited 2g plan or will they automatically put it on there. And should I do it with a fresh sim. And thanks.
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
Any sim will do. They'll probably tell you or ask you for the plan before they change anything on your account.

You're welcome.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] ceyo14:
This isn't illegal in any way right?

What if i charge to do it to some people? Would it matter? Can i get sued or something?
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
It's not illegal. And yeah you can charge people. But others are already doing it.
[Atrix 4G General] Phoneguy589:
Didn't work for me today... What a pain, wish there was someone at the store who could hook a fellow employee up.
[Atrix 4G General] akaneo:
Can anyone confirm that this still works? I'm about to borrow a 2g for a few bucks and don't want to waste my money (anymore of it anyways, ha). Or anyone know someone that'll do it for 20 bucks.thanks
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
I believe it still works? Do it fast, someone was telling me that they might be changing the plan to 2gb for $20 or something like that. This is only hear say, so I really don't know.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] kenjsan:
help

Hey I have tried quite a few times and methods but my 2g just wont activate... It does not even show me the activation screen, or even anything to do with at&t just asks if I would like to set up a new phone, press yes and it skips straight to sync the iphone and then its unlocked but not activated. Tried with new sim, new itunes account, deleted all backups, many restores, even new account on the computer. When I took it into at&t store they say they dont activate them anymore. ahhh what to do, does this mean it does not work anymore???
[Atrix 4G General] CZroe:
Is it jailbroken? If so, it is probably "hacktivating." Restore the original FW and try again.
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
Yeah restore if it is an "unlocked" phone.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] kenjsan:
thats part of why this is so strange, I done a complete restore several times including from dfu mode and it just skips activation completely. So I tried restore without sim unplugging adding sim and plugging back in and when it connects to itunes and within a few seconds the iphone shows a msg box that says waiting for activation but at that point you can now slide to unlock already.
[Atrix 4G General] kenjsan:
Even tried setting itunes to activation mode via "defaults write com.apple.iTunes StoreActivationMode -integer 1" and after a restore and a blank sim when I plug it in Accessing itunes store bar shows up and then a msg box says this iphone has been activated you can now disconnect. what to do???
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
I wonder if they removed the plan. Maybe caught up on what was happening. Try calling and see if the csr will do it for you. Might need to call more than once.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] ceyo14:
Any updates?
[Atrix 4G General] pernicus:
we should all get a shipping circuit running of old iphone 2g's.
[Atrix 4G General] niraj411:
yea they fixed the loop-hole on 12/12/11 I couldn't find an iPhone 2G I tried to Social Engineer my into it. Hasn't worked. I Have been on the phone with them for a total of 8 hrs. lol still not willing to give up though.
[Atrix 4G General] MWilkenson:
Is that what att said? Any idea if they plan to revert peoples accounts who did it and put them back on a capped plan?
[Atrix 4G General] jayson94538:
They really fixed the loophole? Lol dang. Luckily I did it over a month ago. But still haven't grandfathered it over. Hope that part still works lol.

Sent from my SGH-I997
[Atrix 4G General] ph00ny:
it's unclear whether they fixed the loophole or not. Their current response is that they're currently unable to add the dataplan and their activation system was down at least twice in the last week
[Atrix 4G General] mystickdreamer:
Ok I think I may know what everyone is having problems with.....I also work for AT&T

I did this a couple months ago ......

get an UNactivated sim card ....you may have to buy that or tell the store you lost it

then put it in the original iphone do a hard reset of the phone hook the phone up to itunes it will ask you to activate the phone and request your phone number and account info

this DOES work ....but you need an UNactivated sim card .....not one already in your phone....

and non one already activated at all